I was born in the heart of Dublin
   Back when being gay wasn't cool
   Made get on our knees every Sunday with the other fools
  
   We were warped by the Christian Brothers
   In the cell blocks at our schools
   Get a handprint on your skin
   Before you break their rules
  
   Go hit me now
   That I'm twice your size
   We brushed off the accusations
   And bowed before your lies
  
   Chorus
   This is the city that raised me
   With the religion they gave me
   Now I'm old enough to know my own mind
   And it was leaving that saved me
   I seen so much that has changed me
   Just break with your past
   Feed your own mind
   Cause this Irish son has moved with the times
  
   Weddings deaths or baptizing children
   That's my debt paid to the church
   I don't need that kind of salvation
   When I get hurt
  
   Don't fill my head with sermons
   And force me to believe
  
   Chorus
   This is the city that raised me
   With the religion they gave me
   Now I'm old enough to know my own mind
   And it was leaving that saved me
   I seen so much that has changed me
   So just break with your past
   Feed your own mind
   Cos this Irish son has moved with the times
  
   Our father who art in heaven
   Come down here and make your presence known
   We can't do it on our own
   The lunatics let run the asylum
   How can we find peace inside your home
   When you can't trust your own
  
   Chorus
   This is the city that raised me
   With the religion they gave me
   Now I'm old enough to know my own mind
   But it was leaving that saved me
   I've seen so much that has changed me
   So just break with your past
   Feed your own mind
   Cos' this Irish son has moved with the times
   Cos' this Irish son has moved with the times